Banjul/Serrekunda Highway Traffic Blockage – Police PRO explains

By MUHAMMED Sailu BAHThe Gambia Police Force Public relation officer (PRO) ASP Lamin Njie,has said that the traffic blockage on the Banjul/Serrekunda highway isas a result of a normal police routine in ensuring that vehicledrivers have regularized their documents in accordance with the law.This, he explains, is a normal routine that the police are embarking on inorder to ensure vehicles plying through these roads have regularisedall their necessary documents. The Police PRO also mentioned theongoing campaign on vehicles with tinted glasses without properclearance from the police and to screen vehicles without numberplates.With regards to the long queue at Denton Bridge, he said it is asecurity check point where vehicles are checked for security purposebefore entering the city.“As we all know Denton Bridge is the main entrance to the Capital Cityand it is a security check point, where vehicles are subjected toscrutiny before entering the city for security reason,” the police PROexplained.His reaction is in connection with the concerns raised by travellers anddrivers on the long queue that they encounter while entering thecapital city.The traffic jam and a long queue at the bridge according to them,causes delay in the movement of the vehicles thereby making commercial vehiclesdivert to other destinations.This create transport scarcity for commuters travelling to Banjul and peoplegoing to work and most specially students suffer most as they standon the highway especially at Westfield struggling for transport.Police PRO picture